Eugenio Bergamasco
Minister of the Navy
In office
4 July 1921 – 26 February 1922
Prime MinisterFrancesco Saverio Nitti
Personal details
Born15 April 1858
Vercelli
Died11 June 1940(1940-06-11) (aged 82)
Rome
NationalityItalian
Political partyReformist Socialist Party
Children4
Alma materHigher Technical Institute

Eugenio Bergamasco (1858–1940) was an Italian engineer and politician. Being a member of the Reformist Socialist Party he held different cabinet posts.

Early life and education

Bergamasco was born in Vercelli, Novara, on 15 April 1858.[1] He was a graduate of the Higher Technical Institute in Milan and received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering.[1]

Career

Bergamasco founded the Lomellina Agricultural Cooperative Bank in 1894 which he also headed.[1] In 1898 he established the Lomellina Agricultural Consortium and served as its president.[1] He was the president of the Provincial Council of Pavia in 1908 Then he served as the mayor of Candia Lomellina.[1] Between 1900 and 1909 he was a member of the Parliament.[1] He was elected to the Senate from the Liberal Democrats in November 1913 and served there for three terms.[1] He then joined the Democratic Union of which he was elected vice-president.[1]

Bergamasco was the state secretary at the Ministry of the Navy in the Luzatti cabinet between 2 April 1910 and 29 March 1911 and in the Giolitti cabinet between 30 March 1911 and 24 November 1913.[2] He was appointed minister of the navy on 4 July 1921 to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Francesco Saverio Nitti.[1][3] Bergamasco's tenure ended on 26 February 1922.[1]

Personal life and death

Bergamasco was married and had four sons.[1] He died in Milan on 11 June 1940.[1]

Honours

Bergamasco was the recipient of the following: Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy (4 April 1909); Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy (25 June 1911); Grand Cordon of the Order of the Crown of Italy (27 June 1913); Commander of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (7 July 1910); Grand officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (1912) and Grand cordon of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (5 January 1922).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Bergamasco, Eugenio" (in Italian). Italian Senate. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Archivi di Famiglie, di Persone e Studi Professionali" (in Italian). Archivio Centrale dello Stato. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ↑ Walter S. Zapotoczny (2017). Decima Flottiglia MAS: The Best Commandos of the Second World War. Fonthill Media. p. 18.
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